Jackie Bartley - Community Involvement

Poetry instructor, Holland Area Arts Council, Fall 1988 to Spring 1991, Fall 2001 to present.
Writer-in-Residence, CASA Program, Hope College, Summer 1999 to Summer 2000.
Active in ArtServe/Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs' Creative Writers in the Schools Program, 1989 to present.
Visiting instructor/reader for PATH classes held at Hope College for junior and senior high school students.
Regular participant in Humanities Day activities at Hope College, readings for students from around the state.
Visiting Writer, Young Authors' Day, Grand Haven Junior High School, 1989 and 1994.
Judge and guest writer, SPARKS Poetry Competition, Grand Haven Schools, May 1991.
Creative writing instructor, Quest Program, Holland Public Schools, summer 1990.
Workshop leader, Manuscript Day, Western Michigan University, March, 1989.

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